Several veterans' groups are disturbed by the way former soldiers hired as prison guards are portrayed in the new season of Netflix's show Orange is the New Black.

The veterans' groups take issue with the way the new guards disparage the inmates throughout season four of the drama, set in a women's prison.

They have also criticized the way these characters talk about their combat experiences.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) called the show 'offensive'. Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Of America (IAVA) said it will further stigmatize veterans, and Disabled American Veterans (DAV) said the show is out of the touch with the reality of the veteran experience.

Season four of Orange Is The New Black features a group of veterans hired as prison guards (pictured). Several veterans groups have spoken out about the way they are portrayed

Air Force veteran Tahlia Burton (left), 27, called the show's portrayal of veterans 'appalling' in an opinion piece. Veterans of Foreign Wars national commander John A Biedrzycki Jr (right) said the show's writers and producers chose to offend all veterans because they needed new villains

In one scene in the finale, a guard tells another guard about innocent people he killed in Afghanistan.

After spending so much time chasing bad guys, he said, 'you get so mad, tired and bored' that you 'just grab a farm kid' and make him juggle live grenades until one blows up.

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That's egregious, and just one way veterans are misrepresented, national spokesman for DAV and an Iraq War veteran Dan Clare said.

The danger, Clare said, is that Orange is the New Black is a popular show airing at a time when many service members are returning home and looking for jobs.

If the public has a negative perception of veterans, that will affect how they're able to transition back into civilian life, he said.

VFW national commander John A Biedrzycki Jr said the show's writers and producers chose to offend all veterans because they needed new villains.

He spoke out Thursday, after a 27-year-old Air Force veteran, Tahlia Burton, wrote an opinion piece about the show for a military news and culture website, Task & Purpose.

Burton describes herself as a 'huge fan' of the show. She binge-watched the fourth season, released in June, and was appalled because veterans are shown as 'bloodthirsty, heartless killers and sexists'.

She said she's not saying veterans deserve 'hero status,' but 'don't portray us as a group of monsters'.

'Orange is the New Black had the opportunity to portray veterans in a way that shed light on an identity that's widely misunderstood,' she wrote.

'But instead, the show fed into the very worst stereotypes that we've been working so hard to overcome.'

At IAVA, policy officer Jonathan Schleifer said the show's producers are unfortunately telling stories that will further stigmatize a community even though it has been through so much.

Biedrzycki said the 'deranged veteran story line' must change and he asked for an apology.

Burton, of New York City, said on Friday that she's torn about whether to watch future seasons, but likely will, in the hopes that the audience will be given a chance to empathize with the veterans, much like they have with nearly every other character in the show.

Veterans are misrepresented on the show according to national spokesman for Disabled American Veterans and an Iraq War veteran Dan Clare (left). At Iraq And Afghanistan Veterans Of America, policy officer Jonathan Schleifer (right) said the show's producers are unfortunately telling stories that will further stigmatize a community even though it has been through so much